NASA Daily News Summary For Release: Dec. 13, 2000 Media Advisory m00-228 SUMMARY NEWS RELEASES COUNTING DOWN TO DECEMBER 17, 2003 NEXT BRIEFINGS SET FOR EXPEDITION ONE MISSION VIDEO **ALL TIMES EASTERN*** VIDEO FILE FOR DEC. 13, 2000 UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS ************ NEWS RELEASES ************ COUNTING DOWN TO DECEMBER 17, 2003 Quick - without looking it up - what's significant about December 17, 2003? If your immediate answer isn't that it's the 100th anniversary of powered flight as first demonstrated by the Wright Brothers, hopefully that will change. Just check out: http://www.centennialofflight.gov The US Centennial of Flight Commission has launched this Web site to get the word out on the history and future of powered flight and keep track of events planned to celebrate the upcoming anniversary. The site also features a section dedicated to educational activities and programs related to the past, present and future of flight. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Sarah Keegan (Phone: 202/358-1902) Contact at FAA, Washington, DC: Tammy Jones (Phone: 202/267- 3462) For full text see: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-196.txt ----------------------------------- NEXT BRIEFINGS SET FOR EXPEDITION ONE MISSION Fresh off the successful mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour to deliver the large solar arrays to the International Space Station, status briefings will be held on Dec. 15 and Dec. 21 to discuss the progress of the ongoing Expedition One mission. With Commander Bill Shepherd, Pilot Yuri Gidzenko and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev well into their second month aboard the expanding complex, Lead Flight Director Jeff Hanley will provide briefings on their activities and upcoming events on Friday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. EST and again on Thursday, Dec. 21, at 4 p.m. at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX. The briefings will be broadcast on NASA Television with question- and-answer capability available at all NASA centers. Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington DC: Kirsten Larson (Phone: 202/358-0243) Contact at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX: Eileen Hawley (Phone: 281/483-5111) For full text see: ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/note2edt/2000/n00-061.txt ----------------------------------- If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will e-mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list. Index of 2000 NASA News Releases: http://www.nasa.gov/releases/2000/index.html Index of 1999 NASA News Releases: http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html ************ VIDEO FILE ************ VIDEO FILE FOR DEC. 13, 2000 ITEM 1 - ROBOTIC STEPPER DEVICE MAY AID SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS - JPL ------------------------------- ANY CHANGES TO THE VIDEO LINE-UP WILL APPEAR ON THE NASA VIDEO FILE ADVISORY ON THE WEB AT ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt WE UPDATE THE ADVISORY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m.and midnight Eastern Time. **** Note **** During Space Shuttle missions, the NASA Television schedule can be found at the following web address: http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/tvsked/schedule.html ************ UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS ************ Upcoming Television Events: December 13, Wednesday - 2:00 - 11:00 a.m. - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary - JSC - 11:00 a.m. - Twin Aerospike Engine Testing Press Briefing - MSFC December 14, Thursday - *2:00 a.m. -6:30 a.m. - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary - JSC - *6:43 - 7:08 a.m. - Expedition I PAO Event - JSC - *7:15 a.m. - Noon - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary - JSC - 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Robotic Stepper Live News Interviews - JPL December 15, Friday - 2:00 a.m. - Noon - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary - JSC - 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Expedition I Status Briefing - JSC December 16, Saturday - 1:00 a.m. - Midnight - ISS Weekend Audio (A/G) - JSC December 17, Sunday - 1:00 a.m. - Midnight - ISS Weekend Audio (A/G) - JSC December 18, Monday - 2:00 a.m. - Noon - Expedition I Live Coverage and Commentary - JSC For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html During Space Shuttle missions, the NASA Television schedule can be found at the following web address: http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/tvsked/schedule.html ----------------------------------- Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN. NASA Television is available on GE-2, transponder 9C at 85 Degrees West longitude, with vertical polarization. Frequency is on 3880.0 megahertz, with audio on 6.8 megahertz. Refer general questions about the video file to NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or Fred Brown, 202/358-0713, fred.brown@hq.nasa.gov During Space Shuttle missions, the full NASA TV schedule will continue to be posted at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html For general information about NASA TV see: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/ ***************************** Contract Awards Contract awards are posted to the NASA Acquisition information Service Web site: http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/award.html ***************************** The NASA Daily News Summary is issued each business day at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. 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